Talk:Combined Cadet Force

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Contents 1 Project assessments 2 Stowe patrol 3 Questions re ranks 4 A protocol of the Convention for the Rights of the Child

[edit] Project assessments

not a schoolVictuallers 19:32, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Reassess - importance changed to mid as so many important schools in the UK link to it.Victuallers 16:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stowe patrol

I'm not sure why the Stowe Patrol Competition needs such a large mention on a page about the CCF in general. Very few schools compete, and indeed seeing as it's an annual competition, having the 2004 results seems doubly unnecessary (I think Haileybury won 2005). It seems rather like having a list of teams that at some point competed the Heineken Cup on the page about rugby. I think that at the very least it should be moved to its own article, or at best removed entirely. Ejgm 04:14, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questions re ranks

I left the CCF twenty years ago, so things may have changed, but several parts of the section on ranks conflict with the situation in my contingent. Can anyone confirm that these are accurate and if so possibly when they changed?

• Contingent Sergeant Major: There was no such rank in my day - Army Sections were headed by an RSM or a JUO.
• The RAF Section doesn't recognise JUOs: Definitely did - all three sections in my last year were headed by a JUO, with an RSM, CWO and Cadet Coxswain as deputy in each case.
• JUOs are addressed as "Sir" - addressed by us as JUO, as in OTCs.
• SUOs: didn't exist in the CCF.

I'm interested in any info anyone may have. -- Necrothesp 10:40, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A protocol of the Convention for the Rights of the Child

What is the implication of the Combined Cadet Force with regard to the Optional protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict? – Kaihsu (talk) 16:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Frankly none. It is a voluntary organisation for the most part (thereby voiding the compulsorily recruited clause in the protocol). In the cases where it is compulsory, it is important to make the distinction between the armed forces and the CCF. The CCF is a uniformed organisation run by the MOD, yet it is not a part of the armed forces. In no circumstances would they become involved in hostilities so actually this protocol has no implications for the CCF. (That said, I am no lawyer and have not had any access to the protocol.) Woody (talk) 16:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)